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Falken699

Falken699

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Shop around for a ThermalTake, they are very good and inexpensive.

Don't stick something like that in your rig, it could wreck components or set your house on fire. Shoddy PSUs are a waste of time.
 
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Bad - Full power output rating is at 25 deg. C. - room temperature. That means at normal operating temperatures ( 40 - 50 deg. C.), output should be derated to about 500 watts. "Good" PSUs' outputs are rated at 50 deg. C.

I can't speak for quality of build.
 
Mondoman

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When I write good or bad, I'm referring to design and build quality of the PS. Thermaltake is also not good and not bad.
The best is PC Power and Cooling, like this one:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703009
Good (but not as good as PCPC) are this overpriced Corsair:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139002
and this better-priced OCZ:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341002
Higher-end Antec power supplies are good, and can sometimes be bought quite cheaply with rebates or special Fry's sales ($50 or so).
Fortron Source Products (FSP) are good quality supplies, if usually unexciting to look at. Silverstone is also good.
Here's an inexpensive FSP, good as long as you aren't using a power-hog graphics card or CPU:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817104935

 
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is the last psu ever had problem with low voltage??
im also thinking to buy a psu and im so worried with low voltage and other things that psu can do to my system
and this is my last upgrade on psu so i got to last more thatn 5 years..
is the last fsp one GOOD???
 
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Rosewill is not known for having very Good PSUs.
They do not make any of their own, so you never really know what you are going to get.

I would much prefer something like a Corsair 520w which is not too expensive but more more reliable and will handle just about anything you toss at it short of heavy duty SLI.
 
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After reading some reviews on the OCZ GameXStream series, I could not recommend one. Although this only happened at higher load then what they are rated for, they fell out of ATX spec for voltage ripple. At the amount they were over-loaded, no other PSU tested did this. Although you may never get near loading it, it doesn't speak good things about the PSU. The Corsairs are some nice units, and most of them(not the VX550, all others) are rebranded SeaSonic units, which are up there with the best brands(albeit PCP&C is better and just as easy to find usually).
The PCP&C 470W Silencer has a good price tag on it, and could handle any single GPU system. The Silencer 610W should handle any dual-GPU setup(the 610 is a beast with a 49a single +12v rail!)
 
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You definitely don't want to skimp on the PSU. If you can afford it, you may also want to look into getting a decent UPS. They are not that expensive now-a-days.
 
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5 years is *long* time in computer terms. Assuming they don't change the CPU/GPU power spec again in that time (which they probably will), best bet is a high-end PS like the PCPC:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817703009
However, as you can see, it is cheaper to buy a decent $75 or so PS today, and then another $75 or so PS after 3 years, rather than spending $200 on a PS today to try and get something future-proof.
 
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Cooler Master PSU's rank on Tier 4, so I wouldn't recommend them. The ones I've listed below are Tier 2 or better, so you can decide. Here's the "Tiered" PSU list, so you can research what you really want to put into your rig.
Tiered PSU list
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=108088

These PSU's can handle SLI, but it depends on what GPU's your using in the future.
PSU - $90 shipped $80 w/Google checkout! Good solid PSU for the $, hard to beat.
Corsair 520W SLI Certified Modular ATX Power Supply - CMPSU-520HX
http://www.buy.com/prod/corsair-520w-sli-certified-modular-atx-power-supply/q/loc/101/203270716.html

PSU - $106 shipped Nice solid PSU.
Antec NeoPower NeoHE 550 ATX12V 550W Power Supply 100 - 240 V UL, CUL, TUV, CE, FCC, CCC, CB, C-tick – Retail
http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=269997

PSU - ~$125 shipped Good solid PSU, straight from OEM and cheaper than Newegg
ULTRA-QUIET PSU: SILENCER® 610 EPS12V
http://www.pcpower.com/products/viewproduct.php?show=S61EPS

If you going to be REAL serious about SLI in the future, than you can get this PSU, but it's spendy and can handle just about anything out there. But this breaks your limit at $180 shipped. So you can decide how much you really need SLI. I personally think SLI/xFire is overrated, but I don't have any extreme resolutions that I use, so SLI/xFire are pointless for me.
PC Power & Cooling Silencer 750 Quad (Crossfire Edition) EPS12V 750W Power Supply 100 - 240 V UL, CE, CB, RoHS - Retail
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817341011
 
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Wow, choosing a PSU is harder than I thought. I seriously can not go over $100 for a PSU, not in my budget. Wouldn't I need a 600 WATT or above PSU though? If later I added another 8800 GT in SLI?
 
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You could get away with about 520-550W for that. Assuming your CPU is a quadcore and is overclocked and we give it a high estimate of about 130W for power consumption, and the graphics cards should be about the same as the 8800GTS gets now, which is 130W or so per card. This gives you 390W for the main components. Then you have to add in for all of the other things you have, sound card, fans, optical drives, hard-drives and all that, and you probably come out with about 500W as a very high estimate. A stock FX-60 with 8800GTS SLI only uses about 280W. Really, a decent 500W+ PSU should run it.
 
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NiteScope, by setting your PSU price limit at $100 you prevent your self from getting the best PSU that you can get.
The PCPower unit posted by others and myself, cover all that you want to do now and in the near future.
It's tier 1, great specs, and a five year warranty.

Get what you want, but know that we all tried to help.
 
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Just buy this CORSAIR CMPSU-550VX, Zip Zoom Fly had it cheaper but they are out of stock. You may be able to find it cheaper. In any case it is a good single rail PSU made by Seasonic, and is under $100.00. Just buy it and stop tormenting yourself.
 
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The only brand I truly recommend for power supplies is PC Power & Cooling (price aside). If you go with PCP&C and you want SLI with 8800 GTX's, make sure to get at least the Silencer 750 Quad. Right now, you can get one at Newegg for about 180$
 
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